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Something I noticed the other day from driving my community all the way down to UCLA along the 101 freeway and taking the Pacific Coast Highway back is that communities are starting to end all development on the outskirts and re-develop current projects. And it's amazing in the past twenty years how some communities that were undesirable have created desirable neighborhoods. Examples in Southern California are Oxnard, Long Beach, and Claremont. Long Beach which has created a hipster neighborhood downtown and has also changed the port to a hip place. Claremont's downtown added a mixed-use center called the Claremont Village Square with offices, downtown apartments, shops, restaurants, and a hotel. Oxnard has added a movie center and other shops in the downtown and is also developing a large master planned mixed-use center with residential apartments, a lifestyle shopping center aka open-air mall, and an organic grocery market.
But this seems to be happening all over the USA with the "green" movement. More Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and Sprouts Organic markets opening up as people get healthier. More gyms. More Starbucks and coffee shops. Now people are moving away from wanting enclosed malls and boxy shopping centers and moving towards downtown development. Now people still like enclosed malls, lifestyle shopping centers, and large shopping centers because they offer affordability to consumers. And Target is also expanding into downtowns and building in shopping centers that aren't in a sprawl area. Also, the trendy clothing stores are starting to cator to the hipster crowd. American Apparel makes clothes in the USA and cuts down on globalization and also pays its workers an okay wage which is attracting hipsters. Urban Outfitters and Gap support certain organizations that many hipsters support. And it's in downtowns we see these stores opening up.
Malibu now has an American Apparel and is getting a Whole Foods soon. Trader Joes recently opened up there.
The college town of Davis recently got a Target.
The college town of San Luis Obispo recently got a Target too and has plans for a Whole Foods to come to town. And recently got a Fresh N Easy. And the locally owned grocery market just expanded to a larger location. And the downtown has several major redevelopment projects which will add a hotel, downtown housing, offices, and high-end retail stores.
And also, is cities like Tokyo and Paris you can see the increase in more organic markets, trendy clothing stores, more concern for the environment in cities, and more development in downtowns.
Here is what I'd call a hipster neighborhood. We have one block with a bike shop, a record store for indie rock music, a coffee shop for coffee snobs and a tattoo parlor about 2 blocks away.
When I think of a "hipster area" or downtowns with plenty of young people I think of:
-cafes
-coffee shops
-tattoo parlous
-bars and nightclubs
-trendy clothing stores like American Apparel, Gap, Urban Outfitters, etc...
-Buildings 50ft+
-Downtown lofts or flats
-Mixed-use centers
-High rise hotels
-Downtown movie theaters
-Historical buildings
-Art galleries
-Playhouse or some sort of performing arts center
-Independent movie theater
and outside of downtowns I think of organic grocery markets like Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and others.
and also I think of public transportation like subways, bus systems, and light rail in downtown areas.
And there are so many communities trying to do this or do this now.
I think in California, I think Oakland will be the next city to see major changes.
And also, Los Angeles has been trying to save their downtown with the area near LA Live. But Downtown Los Angeles has a LONG ways to go. Mainly other urban areas in LA will contribute to the lack of people living downtown.
When I think of a "hipster area" or downtowns with plenty of young people I think of:
-cafes
-coffee shops
-tattoo parlous
-bars and nightclubs
-trendy clothing stores like American Apparel, Gap, Urban Outfitters, etc...
-Buildings 50ft+
-Downtown lofts or flats
-Mixed-use centers
-High rise hotels
-Downtown movie theaters
-Historical buildings
-Art galleries
-Playhouse or some sort of performing arts center
-Independent movie theater
Almost all of those really don't have anything in particulary to do with hipsters. Hipsters frequent some of those types of establishment.. but that's like me saying when I think of hipsters areas I think of toilets. Hipsters got to go too, after all.
Hipsters are faddy, constantly moving from one "in" thing to another -- that's complicated because hipsterism had it's roots in alt/counter-culture. They reject mainstream consumerism by... becoming oppressive brand snobs. I'm probably dating myself here, but remember when every hipster had to have a Chrome messenger bag even if they hadn't ridden a bicycle since elementary school? Then fixies became the "in" thing and they all started riding bicycles driving the price of old bikes through the roof.
I couldn't possible be confused as a hipster. I'm mean I'm wearing New Balance shoes, the shoe for old fuddy-duddies that just don't care... Oh, wait. Damn. Screw them. They're comfortable and only have a few holes in them. No worries, mine are ugly, grey cross-trainers I used to use at the gym before I beat all the padding out of them.
I am NOT a hipster. It's the institution that makes up trendy crap like that!
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